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Imin Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

From / in

There are some rules regarding the use of the prepositions from and in with proper nouns?
Please tell me if some of the formulations written bellow are wrong.

The largest country from Europe is...
The largest country in Europe is ...

It is better to use instead of the last two formulations the following one:

The Europe's largest country is..

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Thank you,
Imin
  

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Choosing the preposition is not dependent upon the noun being a proper noun. The same prepositions are used with common nouns and proper nouns . I may be wrong but I think your native language has led you to think from could be right in your sentence.

— Cool Breeze

  • Choosing the preposition is not dependent upon the noun being a proper noun.
  • The same prepositions are used with common nouns and proper nouns .
  • I may be wrong but I think your native language has led you to think from could be right in your sentence.
  • In similar sentences with a superlative , when the reference is to a geographic area, in is the right preposition: This is the larg est lake in Europe .
  • Stockholm is the bigg est city in Sweden .
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Choosing the preposition is not dependent upon the noun being a proper noun. The same prepositions are used with common nouns and proper nouns. I may be wrong but I think your native language has led you to think from could be right in your sentence. In similar sentences with a
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